10:56 PM,
Nov. 13, 2012

Written by

C.L. Brown | The Courier-Journal

Russ Smith knows that last season the term "Russdiculous" could have two very different definitions depending on the context.

Though University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino said he meant it as a term of endearment - similar to "Linsanity" when Jeremy Lin took over Madison Square Garden last season - the word also seemed to encompass the unstable nature of Smith's play.

For instance, when Pitino described Smith in transition facing three defenders and thinking "advantage Russ," that was an eye-rolling kind of Russdiculous. When he dropped 30 points on Kentucky in the regular ...